Chloe SmithThis week marks one year since the devastating earthquakes in Nepal. The UK has enjoyed a two hundred year friendship with Nepal, most notably through the various Gurkha regiments who continue to fight bravely as part of the British army. Commenting on the anniversary Chloe said: “We wer...
Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, recently accepted an invitation to join the advisory council of leading education charity Future First. Future First works in 400 state schools and colleges across Britain, including Framingham Earl High School in Norwich, Aylsham High School and Flegg High Scho...
Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, this week chaired the latest cross-party meeting on youth employment, focusing on apprenticeships. Addressing the meeting, the Prime Minister’s apprenticeship adviser, Nadhim Zahawi, outlined the progress being made by the Government’s Earn or Learn Tas...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North will on Friday 22nd April 2016 visit the Action for Children Catton Grove, Fiddlewood and Mile Cross Children’s Centre to meet with the Service Co-Ordinator and service users to learn more about their work. Chloe, who in February...
As of 1st April, a new National Living Wage has been introduced for those over 25 years, set at £7.20. The Low Pay Commission will set out how it will reach 60 per cent of median earnings by 2020 and based on forecasts this means it will reach £9 by 2020. &nb...
Each and every day an average of 70 people will receive the lifesaving support of an air ambulance. The 37 aircraft work with 11 ambulance services and over a hundred hospitals across Great Britain. The APPG on Air Ambulances is a cross-party group of MPs who work to increase the profil...
Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, has welcomed the Government’s admission that more can be done to tackle brain tumours. In what was described as a vindication of the petitions committee process, a packed chamber saw MPs debate for 3 hours on how best to close gaps in existing research and...
The digital economy is growing, and East Anglia is right at the forefront. That was the mood as TechEast launched its mission, vision and manifesto this week at the BT Tower in London. The event follows the publication of the 2016 Tech Nation report, identifying the most significant tec...
Chloe Smith, Member of Parliament for Norwich North, has written to Treasury Minister, David Gauke, on behalf of constituents, seeking clarification on the proposals for quarterly digital tax returns. Chloe has been contacted by the Federation for Small Businesses and a number of consti...
Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, today is asking Treasury Ministers what steps they plan to take to better support people with savings and home ownership. Nationally nearly 270,000 households have been helped to purchase a home through Government backed schemes including Right to Buy ...